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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 14, 2024 11:03:32 GMT -5
There is chatter (take that as you will but its well sourced) - that both Bristol and Mutombo are on pace to graduate this year. Assuming they do so, I think it would be a surprise if either used their grad year at Gtown. Can you spend 4 years plus a grad years (5 years) at the same school? This seems to never happen. Is there An ncaa rule? Julia Leas just did that for Hoya Women's soccer, so seems possible.
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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 14, 2024 11:05:48 GMT -5
This thread evolved into a quite interesting discussion, one of the best I've read here in a while. Thx to all who've contributed. Totally agree. Nice work and keep it up. Hmm, this must mean there is at least a glimmer of hope for the product on the court.
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Post by thedragon on Jan 14, 2024 11:16:25 GMT -5
I'm not going to post Ron at Hoyareports interview with Cooley from practice before leaving for CT - but many on here would find it very apropos for this discussion. Paraphrasing - Cooley said that this off season in the portal will be much different than last because last year they didn't have a roster. Said it's very hard to get high level grad transfers to commit to a roster without knowing who else is on it. Said that having a core group of solid guys that transfers will know and see how they fit will make a huge difference.
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Post by prhoya on Jan 14, 2024 11:28:52 GMT -5
I'm not going to post Ron at Hoyareports interview with Cooley from practice before leaving for CT - but many on here would find it very apropos for this discussion. Paraphrasing - Cooley said that this off season in the portal will be much different than last because last year they didn't have a roster. Said it's very hard to get high level grad transfers to commit to a roster without knowing who else is on it. Said that having a core group of solid guys that transfers will know and see how they fit will make a huge difference. Is five really a core roster? And that is if one of the five doesn’t jump. The freshmen don’t count. He better have a NIL💰.
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Post by saxagael on Jan 14, 2024 12:10:37 GMT -5
Professor I disagree with players losing interest because of having a ball dominant PG. If the PG is looking for his own shot I agree but if the PG is looking to drop dimes on his teammates they will continue to move. A PG like CP3 is very ball dominant but he only hunts his own shot when his team is in a rut. Rowan is definitely not a gunner. There is a limit to how much you should dribble. You should not be dribbling 10-15 seconds. You should be able to pass before that. You don’t have to make the perfect pass or thread the needle. Epps has cut back on his overdribbling the last 3 games. The most dribbles he is taking is 7. So I believe this is a point of emphasis from Cooley. The trouble is players aren't hustling to get open and you don't pick up the dribble without a place to go. Epps is the best getting free, Rowan is pretty good, but both Heath and Styles both struggle as does Ish. Bristol does fairly well, but is more limited scoring off that.
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Post by traversb on Jan 14, 2024 15:26:58 GMT -5
But who is the more shotblocking and better size that is coming. The 6'10 freshman? I think the one thing we both agree on is it's way too much to expect Sorber to be the defensive difference maker to turn this all around. Yes he gives us a low post presence and maybe a better rebounder than Cook which helps the team but we have so far to come. The defensive difference has to be made staying in front of guys and not getting completely lost on defense. It's not that we are a good 3 point defense this year. It's that we are so bad in close that it's smart to take those shots. Even if Sorber is a defensive revelation then teams will just go back to shooting the wide open 3's we give up. This is not a 1 aspect fix. It's also not like the offense good. It's average although that could be tournament level with the new pieces and addition by subtraction. Even if we make a 100 spot jump in KP we still aren't a tournament team. That is why it's hard for me to see bring back the same core and getting excited. edit. - I guess the TLDR is I don't think you can bring back 60%ish of a team that is this bad and expect them to make the leap necessary. So either Cooley blows up the core or we improve but not nearly enough. This is repetitive by me, and I use them as I have previously solely because I think they're the prototypes of what the staff is looking for and make the point. Let's just say we have 4 transfer spots and use 3 of them. 2 of the 3 transfers are Devin Carter. Bryce Hopkins (healthy - again this is just an exercise). Epps, Rowan Carter, Mulready Styles, Transfer, McKenna, Williams Hopkins, Fielder Sorber, Cook traversb - is this a tournament team? Common sense says yes but with a better supporting cast last year those guys were an 11 seed. Would obviously depend how Hopkins came back. I do think if we had that team the expectations would be sky high and we would not meet them.
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Post by thedragon on Jan 14, 2024 15:28:42 GMT -5
This is repetitive by me, and I use them as I have previously solely because I think they're the prototypes of what the staff is looking for and make the point. Let's just say we have 4 transfer spots and use 3 of them. 2 of the 3 transfers are Devin Carter. Bryce Hopkins (healthy - again this is just an exercise). Epps, Rowan Carter, Mulready Styles, Transfer, McKenna, Williams Hopkins, Fielder Sorber, Cook traversb - is this a tournament team? Common sense says yes but with a better supporting cast last year those guys were an 11 seed. Would obviously depend how Hopkins came back. I do think if we had that team the expectations would be sky high and we would not meet them. I think we'd all be shocked if you took anything but the pessimistic view
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Post by traversb on Jan 14, 2024 15:31:47 GMT -5
Common sense says yes but with a better supporting cast last year those guys were an 11 seed. Would obviously depend how Hopkins came back. I do think if we had that team the expectations would be sky high and we would not meet them. I think we'd all be shocked if you took anything but the pessimistic view Seems to have been the right one lately 🤷♂️
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Post by thedragon on Mar 2, 2024 13:17:54 GMT -5
There is chatter (take that as you will but its well sourced) - that both Bristol and Mutombo are on pace to graduate this year. Assuming they do so, I think it would be a surprise if either used their grad year at Gtown. That would leave 4 open roster spots....
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